Indigenous Voices: Memoirs and Autobiographies

In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, we have collected some autobiographies and memoirs written by Native Americans. We have memoirs from Metis, Potawatomi, Lakota, and many other Indigenous Americans.

ABANDON ME by Melissa Febos (DBC16562)
BITTEROOT: A SALISH MEMOIR OF TRANSRACIAL ADOPTION by Susan Devan Harness (DBC 13108)
BRAIDING SWEETGRASS: INDIGENOUS WISDOM, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND THE TEACHINGS OF PLANTS by Robin Wall Kimmerer (DB 92274)
CARRY: A MEMOIR OF SURVIVAL ON STOLEN LAND by Toni Jensen (DB 101608)
CRAZY BRAVE: A MEMOIR by Joy Harjo (DB 97592, BR 22807)
FROM THE ASHES: MY STORY OF BEING INDIGENOUS, HOMELESS, AND FINDING MY WAY by Jesse Thistle (DB 113670, LB 14003)
HEART BERRIES: A MEMOIR by Terese Marie Mailhot (DB 108091)
LAKOTA WOMAN by Mary Crow Dog (DB 32089)
MY BODY IS A BOOK OF RULES by Elissa Washuta (DBC 06942)
PIPESTONE: MY LIFE IN AN INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL by Adam Fortunate Eagle (DB 113324)
SPIRIT CAR: JOURNEY TO A DAKOTA PAST by Diane Wilson (DBC 19747)
SPIRIT MOVES: STORY OF SIX GENERATIONS OF NATIVE WOMEN by Loree Boyd (DB 46850)
SPIRIT RUN: A 6,000-MILE MARATHON THROUGH NORTH AMERICA’S STOLEN LAND by Noe Alvarez (DB 98794)
THEY CALLED ME NUMBER ONE: SECRETS AND SURVIVAL AT AN INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL by Bev Sellars (DB 113452)
TURQUOISE LEDGE: A MEMOIR by Leslie Marmon Silko (DBC 04945)
YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME: A MEMOIR by Sherman Alexie (DB 89576, BR 22175, LB 10335)